Mt. Tamalpais – Pantoll to Steep Ravine

On May 2nd, our botany class visited Mt. Tamalpais once again to complete our elevational transect, this time hiking from Pantoll to Steep Ravine. The majority of our hike was through a redwood forest, which help create a mostly shady habitat. Even so, there was…

Mt. Tamalpais – Peak to Pantoll

On April 25th, our class returned to Mt. Tamalpais, this time beginning our elevational transect and hiking from Middle Peak to Pantoll. The drive to Mt. Tamalpais was about 40 minutes from campus. A diversity of habitats and communities were present in our hike, ranging…

Ring Mountain

On April 11th, our class visited Ring Mountain in Marin County. Ring Mountain primarily consists of serpentine grasslands. The hillsides host an abundance of wildflowers such as California poppies, tidy tips, and California goldfields. A number of rare and endangered flora exist on Ring Mountain…

Edgewood Park

On April 4, our class visited Edgewood Park in San Mateo County. Edgewood Park consists of 467 acres of both woodlands and grasses. Throughout Edgewood Trail, some areas are moister with more shade while others were more open and received more sunlight. Relics of various…

Marin Headlands

On March 28th, our botany class visited Marin Headlands. The Marin Headlands is a hilly peninsula at the southernmost edge of Marin County. The trail we walked along consisted primarily of coastal scrub and was home to many beautiful wildflowers, such as the California poppy,…

San Bruno Mountain State & County Park

On March 21st, our botany class visited the San Bruno Mountain State & County Park, which is located in northern San Mateo. Although there are a variety of microenvironments observed in the San Bruno Mountain, the most common consist of coastal scrub, chaparral, and grasslands. There…

Mt. Tamalpais – Ridgecrest

On March 7, our botany class drove along Ridgecrest Boulevard in Mount Tamalpais and made a few stops along the Panoramic Highway, Ballou Point, and lastly on a trail along Cataract Creek. Within our stops, we saw a variety of habitats – for example, on the…

Mount Tamalpais

Mount Tamalpais: February 28, 2019 On February 28th, our botany class took a trip to Mount Tamalpais in Marin County, California. We hiked along the Yolanda Trail, which wraps around Phoenix Lake (one of the 5 lakes within Marin County). The trail itself is close to…

San Pedro Valley Park

San Pedro Valley Park: 37.5779° N, 122.4757° W On February 21st, our botany class visited San Pedro Valley Park in Pacifica, California. We traveled along the Trout Farm Loop Trail then onto the Brooks Creek Trail, where we had views of the lush, green valley as…

Presidio

February 14, 2019 Batteries to Bluff Trail, 37.7974° N, 122.4793° W On February 14, our botany class took a short journey up to the Batteries to Bluff Trail in the Presidio. As we walked along the trail, we had a beautiful view of Marshall Beach…